Animals as Leaders – The Madness Of Many
The music gear and equipment used by the artists, producers, engineers, and more involved in the making of the 2016 album The Madness Of Many.
Music from The Madness Of Many
Artists on The Madness Of Many
Gear Used On The Madness Of Many
Explore the instruments, equipment, software, and production tools used in the making of Animals as Leaders – The Madness Of Many (2016). Click more on each item to see exactly how it was used.
Tosin Abasi
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Guitars used by Tosin Abasi on The Madness Of Many
Regarding a custom creation made specifically for him by Rick Toone, the Blur was made to fit exactly his body shape. A Premier Guitar Rig Rundown shows Tosin discussing this guitar when he used it for his record, The Joy of Motion in 2013. Three and a half years afterwards, a Premier Guitar interview shows that Tosin has also used this guitar lightly on the fourth album, The Madness of Many.
Ibanez Tosin Abasi Signature Prototype
According to an interview by Premier Guitar, this guitar is what Tosin used "For about 90 percent of the album, minus the acoustic songs" on the band's fourth album, The Madness of Many.
Concerning this guitar, Tosin has talks about his experience with new prototypes in this interview with Guitar Center. Likewise, he's gone on Instagram to talk about the new guitar. Plenty more interviews and videos exist of Tosin enjoying the new guitar.
Kiesel NS1 6-String Classical Acoustic-Electric
This guitar is used for softer songs and leads and is known for its use in the natural parts of Brain Dance from The Madness of Many album.
According to this Premier Guitar interview, Tosin Abasi has the 9-string guitar by Ibanez on his list of gear for The Madness of Many record.
Effects Pedals used by Tosin Abasi on The Madness Of Many
Pro Tone Tosin Abasi Signature Overdrive
"The Pro Tone Pedals' Tosin Abasi Overdrive is Tosin's take on the Pro Tone Dead Horse. With his signature drive, Tosin took advantage of the multiple iterations the Dead horse has seen over the last 7 years- pulling aspects and technical specifications from several different models to form an amalgamation all his own."
According to Premier Guitar, this pedal was used on the new record, The Madness of Many.
Amplifiers used by Tosin Abasi on The Madness Of Many
Morgan SW50R 50W Valve Amp Head
This video shows Tosin Abasi's home set-up.
At 00:20 he starts talking about it saying:
"(He's) got the Morgan at the center of this one half of the rig"
According to a Premier Guitar interview with Animals as Leaders members, Tosin has said that this amplifier is what he used to record The Madness of Many and did not use the Axe Fx on this record.
Morgan 212 - 150W 2x12" Cabinet
Avg price: $1,099.99
Besides his Morgan head, this Premier Guitar interview states that he also uses a Morgan 2x12 cabinet with Celestion G12H 12" Creamback speakers on the fourth record, The Madness of Many.
Amplifiers used by Javier Reyes on The Madness Of Many
A Rig Rundown for Animals as Leaders; "Both Tosin and Javier use similar setups of a Fractal Audio Axe-FX II into a Mytek Digital/Analog converter, into a Port City Pearl head to a Port City 2x12 ported cabinet."
According to this Premier Guitar interview, he explains that he still is using the Port City heads for the new record The Madness of Many.
A Rig Rundown for Animals as Leaders; "Both Tosin and Javier use similar setups of a Fractal Audio Axe-FX II into a Mytek Digital/Analog converter, into a Port City Pearl head to a Port City 2x12 ported cabinet."
According to this Premier Guitar interview, besides the heads that Javier is using for The Madness of Many record, he is also using the Port City cabinets with Celestion Creambacks and Celestion G12's.
Guitars used by Javier Reyes on The Madness Of Many
Classical & Nylon-String Guitars
Javier can be seen playing this guitar throughout the video. He specified the brand and model of the guitar in both the title and description of the video. This guitar was custom designed and made for Javier by Ortega Guitars in Spain. More information about this can be found in the brand's official website.
Javier has said in this Premier Guitar interview that he used this guitar to record the song "The Brain Dance" on the band's fourth album, THe Madness of Many.